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4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS
Before update BIOS please choose Disabled in “Flash Part Write Protect” item on
“Miscellaneous Control” in BIOS Setup. Please refer to page 32 for detail.
Method 1. Use “Magic BIOS” to update BIOS in Windows 98 (refer to page 40)
Method 2. In DOS Mode:
STEP 1. Prepare a boot diskette. (you may make one by clicking START, clicking RUN,
typing SYS A:, and clicking OK)
STEP 2. Copy utility program to your boot diskette. You may copy from DRIVER CD
X:\FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site.
STEP 3. Copy latest BIOS for N2PA-LITE/N2PAP-LITE from our web site to your boot
diskette.
STEP 4. Insert your boot diskette into A:.
Start the computer and type “Awdflash A:\N2PALxxx.BIN /SN/PY/CC/R”.
N2PALxxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS. It can be N2PALA3.BIN or
N2PALB2.BIN.
SN means not to save existing BIOS data
PY means to renew existing BIOS data
CC means to clear existing CMOS data
R means to restart computer
STEP 5. Press ENTER and the BIOS will be updated. System will be restarted
automatically.